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NATO is still around long after the demise of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The answer according to him is because the United State have the need to organize it into a regional security to serve its interest at large even though they have been involved in a few peacekeeping operations of note is the peacekeeping in the Balkans during the 1990s. Aside guaranteeing the security of member states, NATO has expanded to the East, adopting former Soviet allies. Waltz reemphasize realists'…

President John F. Kennedy spoke to the German people of West Berlin addressing the issues of Communism v.s. Democracy dividing the city. Kennedy’s purpose for writing this speech was to keep the loyalty of the West Berliners as well as give them hope and courage to continue fighting this battle. He speaks with an unwavering voice to evoke bravery, strength, and stoicism. He adopts this tone to appeal to his audience’s thoughts and feelings pertaining to their current situation. In his speech to…

Lieutenant Commander Oram and Captain John Adam are lethal weapons. These characters are leaders; kings of their castles. Their emotions are storms that cloud their thoughts, making hard decisions similar to escaping from quicksand. When the submarine of Michael Bruce’s Gentlemen, Your Verdict lies helpless at the bottom of the ocean, Commander Oram must decide whether 15 innocent men should die for 5 to live or if all 20 men will die from oxygen deprivation. Colin McDougal’s The Firing Squad…

"FBI Released a Document Proving Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun fled to Argentina in a Submarine" is an article, which explores the idea that Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide and escaped to Argentina. Adolf Hitler's alleged escape has been a controversial issue since the end of World War II. The article attempts to highlight these issues and the facts behind this well-known conspiracy theory with official documents from the FBI. The anonymous writer tries to employ many rhetorical strategies…

Short Response 1, What did Francis Fukuyama mean by the “end of history”? Placing this statement in the context of Henry Luce’s claim that the 20th century was the “American Century,” use examples from our discussion of food history to elaborate and engage with Fukuyama’s claim. By the time 1989 the cold war ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, Francis Fukuyama believed the world transferred to the new prospers era and the end of history. Henry Luce had mentioned, “American Century”…

Impacts of the Battle of Verdun BOOM, CRACK, BANG, BWOOM. These would all be sounds you would’ve heard at one of the bloodiest battles in history, the Battle of Verdun. Let me explain, the Battle of Verdun greatly affected World War One because it was a major victory for the Allies, a major loss for the Central Powers, and a very influential battle in WWI. The Battle of Verdun was a major victory for the Allies. According to History.com “Battle of Verdun Begins”, the French captured…

It can be hard to tell who is right and wrong during the aftermath of a supposed nuclear holocaust. The Chrysalids, which is a book written by John Wyndham in 1955, tells a story that is unique, because throughout, it can be unclear who the reader should be rooting for. Waknuk and Sealand seem to be the most civilized communities thriving after the Tribulations, but their views differ in many ways. Both communities could potentially be the cause of a second nuclear holocaust, but it is more…

From a realist point of view, power is the currency of international politics. This theory states that main actors in the realist’s account are the great powers, who pay careful attention to how much economic and military power they have relative to each other. It stresses that it is important not only to have a substantial amount of power, but also to make sure that no other state sharply shifts the balance of power in its favor. However, realists are hardly the only scholars to apply the…

which had characteristics features of the rule in China, Soviet Union and Germany. The country was then known as the People's Socialist Republic of China(1976-1991) and the form of government existing in the nation was Single-Party Marxist-Leninist Hoxhaist Socialistic republic under totalitarian dictatorship. Albania's rulers implemented elements of the Stalinist economic system in their own economy by adopting basic elements of the Soviet fiscal system in the year 1949. Under this reform the…

place in the world. For example, the Russian Revolution in 1917, led by Lenin who said he has the philosophical heir to Marx (Schaff, 2009). Both Marx and Lenin are considered to be the two most important figures in the development of communism in the Soviet Union. Marx’s theory gave rise to each stage but consequently lead to a “dictatorship of the proletariat” (Schaff, 2009). Another example would be Mao Zedong in China, who stated himself to be an heir to Marx, creating Maoism influenced by…